University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC NET) is a national-level exam conducted in order to select candidates for only Assistant Professor or both Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Assistant Professor in Indian universities and colleges.
You should know that you can apply till 30 years of your age (reservation is available) for UGC NET JRF. There is no age limit for appearing in the NET Exam for the post of Assistant Professor.
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UGC NET Exam Dates 2021: Education Minister releases Exam Dates for JRF & Assistant Professor
You must know the various important dates before apply for UGC NET 2021 Application Form. You should know that the application is fully online mode. It will help you to create your study plan for the remaining period before the exam.
UGC NET Exam Dates have Been Announced by Education Minister “Dr.Ramesh Pokhriyal NIshank” through Twitter, According to Sources, UGC NET Exam 2021 for JRF and Assistant Professor will begin from May 2nd, 2021 and Continues till 17th May 2021.
Here is what he Twitted,
UGC NET Exam consists of two papers i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2. Here you will find the time schedule for both papers. National Testing Agency, NTA has released the official UGC NET 2021 Exam Dates as given below.
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Events |
Dec 2020 Session |
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Release of UGC NET June 2021 Official Notification |
February 2, 2021 |
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UGC NET 2020 Registration to begin on |
February 2, 2021 |
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Last day to submit UGC NET 2020 Application Form |
March 3, 2021 |
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Issue of UGC NET 2020 Admit Cards |
Yet to Announce |
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UGC NET 2020 Exam Dates |
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 17th May 2021 |
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Release of UGC NET Result |
June 2021 |
Exclusive UGC NET 2021 Time Schedule
You should know UGC NET exam time schedule has not been released yet.
We have provided the Time Schedule based on previous exams. It will be held in two shifts per day – 9:30 AM-12:30 PM and 2:30-5:30 PM.
You should note that for December 2021 exam, no break was given to candidates between paper-I and -II. Candidates can check the complete UGC NET time Table from below:
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UGC NET Exam Events |
UGC NET Exam timings for Shift-1 |
UGC NET Exam timings for Shift-2 |
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Timing of examination |
9.30 am- 12.30 pm |
2.30 pm- 5.30 pm |
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Duration of examination |
3 hours |
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Entry into the examination center |
7.30 am – 8.30 am |
12.30 pm -1.30 pm |
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Entry in the examination hall/ room |
8.45 am- 9.00 am |
1.45 pm- 2.00 pm |
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Instructions by the invigilators |
9.15 am -9.25 am |
2.15 pm- 2.25 pm |
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Test commences |
9.30 am |
2.30 pm |
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Test concludes |
12.30 pm |
5.30 pm |
Subject Wise & Shift-Wise UGC NET Dates & Timings
Here you can check the subject- and shift-wise schedule of the UGC NET December 2019 exam for reference:
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UGC ET Exam Dates & Timings |
UGC NET ExamShifts |
UGC NET Subject Codes & Names |
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December 2, 2019 |
First (9.30 AM-12.30 PM) |
067 Archaeology |
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060 Buddhist, Jaina Gandhian and Peace Studies |
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071 Folk Literature |
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082 Forensic Science |
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039 French (French Version) |
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006 History |
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084 Kashmiri |
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085 Konkani |
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031 Linguistics |
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063 Mass Communication and Journalism |
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066 Museology & Conservation |
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016 Music |
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083 Pali |
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065 Performing Art-Dance/Drama/Theatre |
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042 Persian |
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091 Prakrit |
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041 Russian |
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095 Santali |
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040 Spanish |
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December 2, 2019 |
Second (2.30-5.30 PM) |
029 Arabic |
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080 Geography |
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037 Gujarati |
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059 Library and Information Science |
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034 Nepali |
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004 Psychology |
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024 Punjabi |
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December 3, 2019 |
First (9.30 AM-12.30 PM) |
011 Defence and Strategic Studies |
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033 Dogri |
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001 Economics/Rural Economics/Co-Operation/Demography/Development Planning/Development Studies/Econometrics/Applied Economics/Development Economics/Business Economics |
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088 Electronic Science |
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038 Marathi |
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090 Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asian Studies, South East Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies |
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043 Rajasthani |
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025 Sanskrit |
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081 Social Medicine and Community Health |
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070 Tribal and Regional Language Literature |
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074 Women Studies |
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December 3, 2019 |
Second (2.30-5.30 PM) |
009 Education |
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021 Kannada |
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058 Law |
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015 Population Studies |
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014 Public Administration |
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101 Sindhi |
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027 Telugu |
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December 4, 2019
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First (9.30 AM-12.30 PM)
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036 Assamese |
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087 Computer Science and Applications |
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068 Criminology |
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092 Human Rights and Duties |
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023 Oriya |
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010 Social Work |
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028 Urdu |
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December 4, 2019 |
Second (2.30-5.30 PM) |
046 Adult Education/Continuing Education/Andragogy/Non-Formal Education |
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007 Anthropology |
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032 Chinese |
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072 Comparative Literature |
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062 Comparative Study of Religions |
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044 German |
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012 Home Science |
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050 Indian Culture |
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045 Japanese |
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055 Labour Welfare/Personnel Management/Industrial Relations/Labour and Social Welfare/Human Resource Management |
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018 Maithili |
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017 Management (including Business Administration Management/Marketing/Marketing Management/Industrial Relations and Personnel Management /Personnel Management /Financial Management /Co-Operative Management) |
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035 Manipuri |
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003 Philosophy |
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047 Physical Education |
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093 Tourism Administration and Management |
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December 5, 2019 |
First (9.30 AM-12.30 PM) |
049 Arab Culture and Islamic Studies |
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019 Bengali |
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094 Bodo |
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089 Environmental Sciences |
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020 Hindi |
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December 5, 2019 |
Second (2.30-5.30 PM) |
022 Malayalam |
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002 Political Science |
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005 Sociology |
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026 Tamil |
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December 6, 2019
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First (9.30 AM-12.30 PM)
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030 English |
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073 Sanskrit Traditional Subjects (including Jyotisha/Sidhanta Jyotisha/Navya Vyakarna/Vyakarna/Mimansa/Navya Nyaya/Sankhya Yoga/Tulanatmaka Darsana/Shukla Yojurveda/Madhv Vedanta/Dharma Sastra/Sahitya/Puranotihasa/Ag Ama) |
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079 Visual Art iIncluding Drawing and Painting/Sculpture Graphics/Applied Art/History of Art) |
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100 Yoga |
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December 6, 2019 |
Second (2.30-5.30 PM) |
008 Commerce |
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